Chef Jamie's Blog

First of all I know it's a bit late but Happy New Year to all of the Cooks in Thurrock and Havering. Just dropping a quick note to let you know what I have been up to in the last couple of weeks.

Secondary Schools 

Theme days, Theme days, Theme days.
Already managed to do three this year. Hall Mead had a 'Build a Burger' American Theme Day, Bower Park had a Mexican Theme, and we launched Porridge pots for breakfast at William Edwards School and fresh soups for morning break and lunchtime. We sold out of both on the day. It was a great success and a good idea at this time of year, now the cold weather has set in.

Primary Schools

We have a theme day this week. Chef Derek's Circus Day should be a good one. Menu looks great.
I will be concentrating on  "Lets Get Cooking" in the Thurrock Schools over the next couple of months so watch this space for all the photos.

Well that's all for now.

See you soon,
Chef Jamie

Chef Jamie's Blog

Hello all.

This is the first of many blog posts for Havering & Thurrock Catering Services. I will be writing about my activities in the schools from week-to-week and outlining future cooking events.

These are exciting times in our secondary schools. We have various 'theme days' coming up including 'Mexican, 'Jamaican' and 'Build a Burger' days.

In the primary schools we will be rolling out our 'Let's Get Cooking' programme which includes LIVE cooking events where the teachers and children take a starring role.

I have been busy with a Spanish theme day recently where I cooked paella at Hall Mead. This was very popular. I also visited Grays Convent where they had the ultimate chocolate day for St Nicholas Day. This featured chocolate fudge cake, mini chocolate cake lollies, chocolate sponge cake, chocolate and cherry cookies, all topped off with hot chocolate and marshmallows.

I have since been visiting the primary schools in Thurrock demonstrating garnish and presentation skills.

Hope you like the photos.

That's all for now. So watch this space!

Chef Jamie
Development Chef
Havering & Thurrock Council

School Dinner Tickets

You can buy Dinner Tickets for most of our Primary Schools over the phone.

There is a dedicated number for this which is open from 9:00am to 5:00pm during Term Time.

Telephone: 01708 433119

We accept Debit & Credit Cards although there is a fee for using Credit Cards.

Happy New Year

A very Happy New Year to you all from the whole team at Havering Catering Services.